Heel and sole nail.



S. L. ROSEN.

HEEL AND SOLE NAIL.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1911.

1,042,279., Patented. Oct. 22, 1912.

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SIMON L. BOSEN, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-FOURTH IO JOHN S. MARTIN AND ONE-FOURTH 'IO HARRY OS'IROFF, BOTH 0F PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL AND SOLE NAIL.

Application filed October 28, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON L. Rosniv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heel and Sole Nails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to heel and sole protectors, and more particularly to that class of nails employed to take the place of metallic plates, and the like, such as are used to protect certain parts of the heel and sole of a shoe from unequal wear.

My object is to provide a device which can be easily driven into the heel or sole of a shoe without splitting or breaking the leather, and which when driven in will take a very firm hold upon the leather; one which will present a comparatively large wearing surface, and which will nevertheless be practically noiseless when trodden upon.

The invention consists in certain novel parts and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a bottom perspective of a shoe having its heel and sole provided with my device. Fig. 2 is a View showing the rear side of my device in elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 shows the inner side in elevation. Fig. 5 is a top plan view. Fig. 6 shows a slightly modified form of the device, and; Fig. 7 is a perspective showing the inner side.

My improved nail is made of any desired material, but preferably of steel.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the heavy head or crown of my device which is convex on its rear side, as clearly shown in Figs. 5 and 7 and which terminates at its edges in the flanges 22 turned inwardly at right angles to the main part 1 of the crown. The crown is inclined at its side edges as indicated at 2 (Fig. 2), but is preferably vertical at the center of its back, as clearly shown at the point 1 in Fig. 3. The crown terminates at its lower side in a beveled portion 1 which bevel is greatest at the center of the rear side of the crown, and becomes less and less till it loses itself, so to speak, just as it reaches the front outer corners of the flanges 22 (see Figs. 3 and '7). The flanges 22 extend down Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 22, 1212.

SeriaI No. 657,339.

considerably farther than the crown 1, and taper to sharp edges 2 at their lower ends.

The shank of the nail below the bevel 1 of the crown is uniformly rounded on its back side clear down to the point of the nail, the curvature being graduated approximately in proportion to that of the crown as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The sides of the crown and the portion immediately beneath it at the upper part of the shank unite at the extreme outer edges of these parts to provide the upper part of the nail with a continuous incline at each edge, said inclines extending down to the lower ends 2 of the flanges 2, where the shank is provided with the offsets 3-3, which are also sharp and form right-angled cont-inuations of the sharp edges 2 referred to above. The lower portion of the shank extending downwardly from these offsets to the point of the nail may be made any desired length to suit different requirements, but is preferably given the same angle of inclination as that of the upper edges of the nail above the oflsets 3.

The inner face at of the nail is preferably flat, as are also the outer faces 2 of the pointed flanges 22; and from Fig. 3 it will be seen that the inner face 4: of the nail, the outer faces 2 of said flanges, and the central portion 1 at the back of the crown 1, are all vertical and parallel with each other, and at right angles to the top face of the nail. The opposing faces 2 of the tapered flanges 2, are at right angles to the inner face t of the nail, and these opposing inner facesniay be either vertical, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or they may be equally inclined, with their respective outer sides, to the vertical, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The space between the projecting flanges 22, forms what may be termed a recess at the upper end of the nail on its inner face.

The lower or pointed portion 5 of the shank of the nail inclines inwardly on its outer or convex side, and this inclination is uniform all the way down from the bevel 1 of the crown, as illustrated in Fig. 8.

The modified form of nail shown in Fig. 6, has its lower portion provided with inwardly curved edges, as clearly shown, and inthis form of the nail, the inner flat face 4* may be inclined equally with the rear side 1 of the nail to the vertical.

My improved nail will usually be driven into a heel or sole flush with the outer face thereof, but if desired may be allowed to project slightly to prevent the shoe from slipping on ice, etc.

It will be seen that the head of my nail presents a large wearing surface. The beveled shank will cause it-to penetrate the leather with reasonable ease without danger of splitting the leather. The flanges 2-2 being well tapered and sharp at their lower ends will also be easily driven into the leather, and will cut at right angles to the cut made by the shank 5, so that they will not impose a strain upon the leather in the same direction as is imposed by said shank. The portion of the leather which is caught between these two flanges will be compressed, as it were, and will very firmly brace the nail against lateral movement, which might cause it to eventually work loose. The offsets 33 at the points of the flanges 2-2 are also sharp so that they easily cut their way into the leather. The crown 1 also more easily enters the leather by reason of the bevel 1 Hence it will be seen that my construction makes every provision for not splitting the leather, while it provides means for taking a very firm hold thereupon, and therefore my nail may be driven into a heel close to the edge thereof without danger of marring the appearance of the leather, or of working loose.

F or use on the soles of shoes my nail will be made in smaller sizes, varying according to the thickness of the soles with which it is to be used.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A heel nail having an upper portion with the lower part of said portion reduced in thickness on one side of the nail, whereby said upper portion is divided into two parts, one above the other, the upper thicker one of said parts being thereby made to project over the thinner part at one side of the nail only and forming a crown for the nail; said thickened crown portion being provided on its projecting side with a beveled offset at its junction with said reduced portion; and a pointed shank extending downwardly from said reduced portion.

2. A heel nail comprising an upper portion terminating at its side edges in inwardly extending flanges, said upper portion having a beveled offset on its outer face between its top and bottom; said flanges being tapered to cages at their lower ex tremities; and a pointed shank extending downwardly from said crown and edged flanges.

3. A. heel nail comprising an upper portion terminating at its side edges in inwardly extending flanges, said upper portion having a beveled offset on its outer face between its top and bottom, the portions of said flanges below said beveled offset being tapered to edges at their lower extremities; a pointed shank extending downwardly from said upper portion of the nail; and said shank being provided with offsets at the lower extremities of said flanges.

4. A heel nail comprising a tapered upper portion terminating at its side edges in inwardly extending right angled flanges tapered to edges at their lower ends; and a pointed shank extending downwardly from said upper portion of the nail; said shank being provided with offsets on its side edges at the lower extremities of said flanges, and said upper portion of the nail being pro vided on its rear side with a beveled offset at a point between said side edge offsets and the top of the nail.

5. A heel nail comprising a tapered upper section terminating at its side edges in inwardly extending right angled flanges tapered to edges at their lower ends; and a pointed shank extending downwardly from said upper portion of the nail; said shank being provided with offsets on its side edges at the lower extremities of said flanges, and said upper portion of the nail being provided on its rear side with a beveled offset at a point between said side edge offsets and the top of the nail; both the upper portion and the shank of said nail being convexed on the rear side and flat on the inner side.

6. A heel nail comprising a tapered upper section terminating at its side edges in in wardly extending right angled flanges tapered to edges at their lower ends; and a pointed shank extending downwardly from said upper portion of the nail; said shank being provided with offsets on its side edges at the lower extremities of said flanges, and said upper portion of the nail being provided on its rear side with a beveled oflset at a point between said side edge offsets and the top of the nail; both the upper portion and the shank of said nail being convexed on the rear side and flat on the inner side with the outer rear faces of said tapered flanges also parallel with said inner flat face of the nail and terminating at their lower ends in edges extending at right angles to the line of edgewise extent of the shank of the nail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIMON L. ROSEN.

Witnesses HORACE P. FARNHAM, HARRY Osruorr.

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